With the rising costs of living across the United States, this report show that citizens are living paycheck to paycheck as a means of survivability. As of 2019, employment rates are statistically low in comparison to prior years but does not answer the question of why the majority still struggle with obtaining monetary safety nets. Our goal is to identify associations of consumer spending based on minimum wage values per state in order to address economic affordability based on mininum wage and life sustainability.
District of Columbia 9.728 Florida 1.9806 6.4414859 138.8289833 1990 5.114
The table below summarizes 2750 rows down to 55 rows, grouping all the data by state and averaging out the minimum wage from the year 1900s and 2000s. The table reveals how much is each person getting paid per hour in the 1900s and the 2000s, where you can see the difference in how much we increased our minimum wage throughout the centuries.
| State | Avg_High_1900s | Avg_Low_1900s | Avg_High_2000s | Avg_Low_2000s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 0.000000 | 0.000000 | 0.000000 | 0.000000 |
| Alaska | 3.603125 | 3.603125 | 7.447222 | 7.447222 |
| Arizona | 0.165000 | 0.117000 | 4.719444 | 4.719444 |
| Arkansas | 2.639453 | 2.639453 | 6.113889 | 6.113889 |
| California | 3.095312 | 3.095312 | 7.736111 | 7.736111 |
| Colorado | 2.278125 | 2.192188 | 6.725556 | 6.725556 |
| Connecticut | 3.185313 | 3.175937 | 7.866667 | 7.866667 |
| Delaware | 2.693750 | 2.693750 | 6.944444 | 6.944444 |
| District of Columbia | 3.715625 | 2.972187 | 7.883333 | 7.883333 |
| Federal (FLSA) | 3.103125 | 3.046875 | 6.200000 | 6.200000 |
| Florida | 0.000000 | 0.000000 | 4.953333 | 4.953333 |
| Georgia | 1.843125 | 1.843125 | 4.938889 | 4.938889 |
| Guam | 3.118750 | 3.118750 | 6.327778 | 6.327778 |
| Hawaii | 3.160938 | 3.160938 | 6.958333 | 6.958333 |
| Idaho | 2.575000 | 2.575000 | 6.200000 | 6.200000 |
| Illinois | 2.487500 | 2.487500 | 7.033333 | 7.033333 |
| Indiana | 2.115625 | 2.115625 | 6.200000 | 6.200000 |
| Iowa | 1.329687 | 1.329687 | 6.316667 | 6.316667 |
| Kansas | 1.345312 | 1.345312 | 4.694444 | 4.694444 |
| Kentucky | 2.432812 | 2.407812 | 6.200000 | 6.200000 |
| Louisiana | 0.000000 | 0.000000 | 0.000000 | 0.000000 |
| Maine | 3.145313 | 3.095312 | 6.883333 | 6.883333 |
| Maryland | 3.056250 | 3.037500 | 6.494444 | 6.494444 |
| Massachusetts | 3.167187 | 3.167187 | 7.777778 | 7.777778 |
| Michigan | 2.851562 | 2.851562 | 6.713889 | 6.713889 |
| Minnesota | 2.932812 | 2.775000 | 6.450000 | 5.563889 |
| Mississippi | 0.000000 | 0.000000 | 0.000000 | 0.000000 |
| Missouri | 1.253125 | 1.253125 | 6.436111 | 6.436111 |
| Montana | 2.498438 | 2.498438 | 6.530556 | 4.897222 |
| Nebraska | 2.387500 | 2.387500 | 6.436111 | 6.436111 |
| Nevada | 2.915625 | 2.906250 | 6.704444 | 6.243333 |
| New Hampshire | 3.110937 | 3.092188 | 6.275000 | 6.275000 |
| New Jersey | 3.128125 | 3.128125 | 6.719444 | 6.719444 |
| New Mexico | 2.789062 | 2.717188 | 6.200000 | 6.200000 |
| New York | 3.062500 | 3.062500 | 6.861111 | 6.861111 |
| North Carolina | 2.817188 | 2.817188 | 6.272222 | 6.272222 |
| North Dakota | 2.943750 | 2.700000 | 6.200000 | 6.200000 |
| Ohio | 2.506250 | 2.381250 | 6.302778 | 5.605556 |
| Oklahoma | 2.839062 | 2.839062 | 6.200000 | 2.000000 |
| Oregon | 3.120312 | 3.120312 | 8.047222 | 8.047222 |
| Pennsylvania | 3.046875 | 3.046875 | 6.366667 | 6.366667 |
| Puerto Rico | 3.065625 | 0.993750 | 6.025000 | 4.290556 |
| Rhode Island | 3.045313 | 3.045313 | 7.372222 | 7.372222 |
| South Carolina | 0.000000 | 0.000000 | 0.000000 | 0.000000 |
| South Dakota | 2.553125 | 2.548437 | 6.419444 | 6.419444 |
| Tennessee | 0.000000 | 0.000000 | 0.000000 | 0.000000 |
| Texas | 1.956250 | 1.956250 | 6.000000 | 6.000000 |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | NA | NA | 6.055556 | 4.300000 |
| Utah | 2.742188 | 2.596875 | 6.200000 | 6.200000 |
| Vermont | 3.140625 | 3.140625 | 7.751111 | 7.751111 |
| Virginia | 2.342188 | 2.342188 | 6.200000 | 6.200000 |
| Washington | 2.754688 | 2.745312 | 8.251667 | 8.251667 |
| West Virginia | 2.685938 | 2.685938 | 6.525000 | 6.525000 |
| Wisconsin | 2.968750 | 2.968750 | 6.338889 | 6.338889 |
| Wyoming | 1.543750 | 1.543750 | 4.755556 | 4.755556 |
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